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Eunkum Posted 12 years ago
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Are the following sentences correct? For example, can I put "in the range of one to eight"? Can I put "the numbers" in front of "people"?
The numbers of people who worked in minority insurance agents’ office when they started were two and four.
The number of people who worked in minority insurance agents’ office was in the range of one to eight.
  

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eunkum Are the following sentences correct? For example, can I put "in the range of one to eight"? Can I put "the numbers" in front of "people"?

  • eunkum Are the following sentences correct?
  • For example, can I put "in the range of one to eight"?
  • Can I put "the numbers" in front of "people"?
  • Yes, but both seem rather awkward to me.
  • Two to four people worked in minority insurance agents’ offices when they started.
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eunkumAre the following sentences correct? For example, can I put "in the range of one to eight"? Can I put "the numbers" in front of "people"?
Yes, but both seem rather awkward to me.

Two to four people worked in minority insurance agents’ offices when they started.
From one to eight people worked in minority insurance agents’ offices.

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